Lou Barlow

Lou Barlow was known as the bassist of Dinosaur Jr. before being known as the leader of Sebadoh—and then bassist of Dinosaur Jr. again. He's always been a significant part of that first band, responsible for more than bass players generally are, but it's still Sebadoh that most fully serves his strengths as a tender, touching songwriter, even when he slathers on the noise. Of course, neither of those commitments have precluded the prolific Barlow from releasing music under his own name, such as the 2009 Merge-issued LP Goodnight Unknown, which found Barlow abandoning the tape hiss of his beloved four-track recordings for a polished, no less personal sound. He also recently put out his first EP with new backing band The Missingmen, titled Sentridoh III.

Updated 08/03/2010